EP 2978665 A1 20160203 - AERIAL FARM ROBOT SYSTEM FOR CROP DUSTING, PLANTING, FERTILIZING AND OTHER FIELD JOBS
Title (en)
AERIAL FARM ROBOT SYSTEM FOR CROP DUSTING, PLANTING, FERTILIZING AND OTHER FIELD JOBS
Title (de)
LANDWIRTSCHAFTLICHES ANTENNENROBOTERSYSTEM FÜR SCHÄDLINGSBEKÄMPFUNG, PFLANZEN, DÜNGEN UND ANDERE FELDARBEITEN
Title (fr)
SYSTÈME DE ROBOT AGRICOLE AÉRIEN POUR ÉPANDAGE, PLANTATION, FERTILISATION DE CULTURES ET AUTRES TRAVAUX AGRICOLES
Publication
Application
Priority
- US 201361804685 P 20130324
- US 2014031359 W 20140320
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO2014160589A1] Modern farming is currently being done by powerful ground equipment or aircraft that weigh several tons and treat uniformly tens of hectares per hour. Automated farming can use small, agile, lightweight, energy-efficient automated robotic equipment that flies to do the same job, even able to farm on a plant-by-plant basis, allowing for new ways of farming. Automated farming uses unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that are equipped with detachable implements and reservoirs and that we call "aerial farm robots." Automated farming uses high-precision GPS and other precision positioning and vision technology to autonomously and precisely perform crop dusting, planting, fertilizing and other field related farming or husbandry tasks. The subsystems for the control, refill, recharge and communication subsystems of the aerial farm robots are part of the overall automated farming system, and can autonomously handle most of the husbandry tasks on a farm.
IPC 8 full level
B64D 1/16 (2006.01); A01B 79/02 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
A01B 79/005 (2013.01 - EP US); A01B 79/02 (2013.01 - EP US); A01C 21/00 (2013.01 - EP US); B64C 39/024 (2013.01 - US); B64D 1/16 (2013.01 - EP US); B64U 10/00 (2023.01 - EP); B64U 20/40 (2023.01 - EP); B64U 50/16 (2023.01 - EP); B64U 50/39 (2023.01 - EP); B64U 70/90 (2023.01 - EP); B64U 70/92 (2023.01 - EP); B64U 80/25 (2023.01 - EP); B64U 80/30 (2023.01 - EP); B64U 80/80 (2023.01 - EP); B64U 50/31 (2023.01 - EP); B64U 80/40 (2023.01 - EP); Y10S 901/01 (2013.01 - EP US)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated extension state (EPC)
BA ME
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 2014160589 A1 20141002; EP 2978665 A1 20160203; EP 2978665 A4 20170426; US 2014303814 A1 20141009; US 9382003 B2 20160705
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 2014031359 W 20140320; EP 14776144 A 20140320; US 201414220990 A 20140320